Twofold Bay is a bay on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, close to the border with Victoria. The bay has an area of about 30 square kilometres. Close to North Head is a conspicuous islet, Mewstone Rock. About five km south of the islet is Red Point which forms the southern headland of the bay. Eden and the Port of Eden are located in the bay. Boydtown is to the west of the bay, located on Boydtown Beach which stretches south from the mouth of the Nullica River.
The bay was named by George Bass, for its shape of two bights, when he passed it on his whaleboat voyage to Bass Strait in 1797/8. The northern bight is called Calle Calle Bay while the southern bight is known as Nullica Bay.
It is also famous for the "Killers of Eden", the killer whales which helped a group of whalers in their search for other whales. The best-known of these was Old Tom whose skeleton is preserved in Eden's local museum.
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